Generate the answer for a given question. The question requires common knowledge of English. Make sure that the answer is in detail, long, consistent with the context, and requires general knowledge of English. To be less repetitive, please vary your language for each question. Give a proper explanation to answer, and if necessary, provide the definition of various terms. And conclude your answer if it's long. If you have used other resources (e.g., Merriam Webster's.) to answer the question, include citations in your answer. You don't need to paraphrase the context of your resources, but make sure that your answer is consistent and complete.

[EX Q]: Possible Duplicate: '-zation' vs '-sation'? Each post has an indicator which summarises who the post is shared. What is the difference between these two terms? Should I write summarises or summarizes?.
[EX A]: Compare the results from the COCA (Corpus of Contemporary American English) to the results from the BNC (British Natural Corpus): Summarize Summarise COCA 1135 10 BNC 199 264 Summarise is more common in British English, where summarize can also be found frequently. Summarize is more common in American English, where summarise is rarely used. Note: this page in the Wikipedia contains a long list of words that end with 'ize' or 'ise' depending on whether the usage is American English or British English. You will find words like summarize(ise), organize(ise), authorize(ise) and many others there.

[EX Q]: Is there a word for reverse homesickness? Let's say, if you visit a place, and you like it so much, you don't want to leave.
[EX A]: referring to this link... The opposite of homesick is 'Wanderlust' when you have a big desire for traveling or going to a journey and exploring the world. However there was an interesting comment in a forum about the opposite of homesickness: It's still homesick. 'Boy, I am homesick!' 'But you live at home.' 'Yeah, and I'm sick of it!' hope it helps

[EX Q]: I'm trying to describe a situation in which a person prepares for an event, then realises the event won't happen, and so they undo their preparations, returning to a state of unpreparedness. Whenever I search for the opposite of 'prepare', I get words that describe a failure to prepare in the first place, or at best words that describe what happens to the preparations, not words that describe what happens to the person. Is there a word that captures what happens to the person as they return to a state of unpreparedness?.
[EX A]:
There is the phrase 'stand down' about which Lexico says stand down PHRASAL VERB 2 Relax or cause to relax after a state of readiness. If something doesn't happen soon, I reckon they'll stand us down. An ambulance crew was dispatched immediately, however they were stood down shortly after. They have got to accept that the war is over and stand down their army once and for all.

